The Cleveland Cavaliers now have their starting wing after trading for Peyton Watson earlier in the week, and they should be ready to roll when the season starts. There still may be a move that they need to make, as their hard capped, and Chris Fedor of cleveland.com suggested that they could be moving on from one of the players involved in the Watson trade.
“There’s another move coming for the Cavs at some point because they are hard-capped by the first apron after the sign and trade that they made with Denver for Watson, Fedor said. I’m told that Harden’s starting salary in year one is going to be around 30.5 million dollars. So the Cavs have had conversations about the possibility of a waive-and-stretch for Cam Whitmore.
“Whitmore being somebody that they acquired in that mega five-team deal that also included Trey Mann going to the Washington Wizards, Dennis Schroeder going to the Charlotte Hornets, and Cam Whitmore and his salary savings coming to the Cavs. They have had conversations internally about the possibility of waving and stretching Whitmore and not having him on this roster.”
It wouldn’t be a surprise if Whitmore was waived from the roster as the Cavs try to stay under the first apron. Whitmore hasn’t played much throughout his first three years in the league, and only appeared in 21 games last season for the Wizards.
It may be hard for him to find minutes on a contending team like the Cavs, which is why the best bet is for him to find a situation that fits. If the Cavs don’t decide to move on from him, then that means they must have another option in mind as far as getting out of the hard cap.